BioE124 - Basic Principles of Drug Delivery (3 units)


Course Overview

Summary

This course combines concepts from organic chemistry, bioechemistry, and physical chemistry in order to provide students with the foundations needed to understand the literature and current problems in drug delivery.


Professors

  • Niren Murthy

    • Prerequisites

  • Chem 3A
  • Chem 3B
  • BioE 11

    • What's next?

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    • Choosing the course

    What concentration is this course relevant to?

  • Cell and Tissue Engineering

    • Topics covered

  • Organic chemistry
  • Pro-drug strategies
  • Targeted drug delivery
  • EPR effect
  • Delivery of liposomes and nanoparticles
  • Basic immunoengineering/development of synthetic vaccines
  • Drug eluting-polymers and polymer chemistries
  • Gene editing therapeutic strategies
  • Brain drug delivery

    • When should I take the course?

    The course is intended for undergraduate Juniors and Seniors.


    Workload and Tips

    What is the workload and exam diffculty?

  • Weekly homework which take around 2-3 hours
  • Two midterms and one final; exams are not extremely difficult, but it is easy to lose point for small mistakes (around 8 hours of prep per exam)

    • What practical skills (for research/internship) can you gain from the class?

  • Provides a good introduction to drug delivery research

    • Tips from students who have taken the class

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    Quick links

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